GRE Word List
FRISK
to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
The meaning of the word frisk is to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |